Folding and reversible bed.



D. J. SPIRES. FOLDING AND/REVERSIBLE BED. APPLICATION FILED SBPT.16,1912.

A TTHHEYS D. J. SPIRES. FOLDING AND REVERSIBLE BBD. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1o, 1912.

Patented F eb. 25, 1913. f \nnzTs-BHBET 2.

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DANIEL J. SPIRES, 0F TUCSON, ARIZONA.

FOLDING AND REVERSIBLE BED.

Application filed September 16, 1912.

To all whom t may concern.'

lle itknown that I, DANrnL J. Srinns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of '.lucson, in the county ot Iima and State ot .\rizona, have invented a new and Improved Folding and- Reversible Bed, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to beds, my object being to provide a folding and reversible bed frame which is particularly adapted to be permanently mounted between two rooms,l for instance, an inside sleeping room and an outside sleeping room, in such manner that it may be readily and quickly folded to assume an operative position within either roc-m, and also movable to an upright` or folded position within either roo'm in which it may be in use.

lith the foregoing in mind, my invention resides in the detailsof construction, arrangement and operation to be hereinafter described with respect to the accompanying drawing, forming a part o the specitioation, and in which,

Figure 'l is a plan view ot' my improvements; Fig. Q is a detail'sectional view taken substantially on the line 2---2 of Fig. l, and on an enlarged scale; Fig. is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. l, and partly in section; Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view illustrating the movable carriage support; Fig. 5 is a detail elevation illustrating the head frame and its connection with the bed frame; and Fig. 6 is a detail section, on an enlarged scale, taken substantially on the line 6-6 ot' Fig. 1.

In accordance with my invention, as illustrated, the support at the head-end ot' the `bed iframe is in the form of a carriage consist-ing of superposed plates A and A which are dis osed respectively above and below a slottec .supporting plate B which is adapted to be arranged to extend longitudinally between a door frame or other open space connecting two rooms, for instance, an inside sleeping room and an outside sleeping room or porch. The plates A and A are connected by central bolts a extending loosely therethrough and through the slot in the sujjiporting plate B, these bolts carrying tension springs u." operating to press the plates A, and toward one another. The and .V also support .side rollers o? which bear against the supporting plate l?, upon opposite sides oi." its slot, and thus permit the carriage as awhole to move freely over plates Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25,1913. Serial No. 720,567.

the supporting plate and guided in such movement by the coperating bolts a and the slot of the plate B. The carriage, as just described, further consists of a post A2 extending centrally and vertically from the upper plate A and designed to receive the lower tubular end 0i the central arm c of a U-shaped member C, the upper ends of which, as clearly indicated in Fig. 5, are provided with bearings c through which the head 'bar'.D of the bed'frame is journaled, and is readily turnable. As also indcated clearly in Fig. 5, the head bar D is provided betweenl the bearing c with a pair of collars d arranged -to be adjustably secured thereon by set-screws cl, and provided with tubular extensions d2 in which studs e of a head rest or frame E may be removably secured. The bed frame consists also of side bars F and G and a foot bar I-I, the side bars of which are connected by an intermediate transverse support I. The adjacent ends of the frame bars D, F, G and l-I,whieh bars are tubular, are connected by couplings J, which are also tubular and otherwise of suitable form, the connections between the said couplings and the said fraaie bars being in the form of adjusting nuts K which, as particularly indicated in Fig. 6, are provided with opposite extending portions c and c provided with right and lett-hand threads and engageable with'in the .similarly threaded ends ot' the several bars and several couplings, whereby the frame bars may be adjust-ed with respect to one another for the purpose of regulating the tension of the bed lsprings Il. '.lhe couplings J connecting the ends of the head bar D and the respective.

bars F and G are also provided with extending portions in which are secured, and from which project,` counter-balancing weights M, these weights projecting from, and in line with, the side bars F and G, and serving to assist in maintaining the bed frame in its vertical or folded position when in disuse. l frame side bars F and G are provided with collars -f and g arranged to be adjustably secured thereto by set-screws and having upstanding lugs f and g provided with inclined slots for the reception of a rod N which` is disposedxin connection therewith tot .the purposeol pressing downwardly upon, and holding the bedding, adjacent the,

.tout ol the bed when the bed is moved to its j upright or folded position, as before' de-i Adjacent their forward ends, the l to, and extending horizontally and forwardly from, the foot bar H.

' v The before-described movement ot' the bed frame to a vertical or v:folded position is made possible by the journals o of the head bar D, and in order t effectively maintain the bed trame in both its horizontal and vertical positions, I provide the said head bar with a pair ot' openings da and d4 located in one of the'saidjournals o', as clearly indicated in Fig'. 2. I also provide said Vjournal c witha pivoted latch member c2 controlled by a sprinfr c3 havingits nose c* extending inwardly through an opening in the said bearing and into one of the said bar openings da, di dependent upon the position of the bed trame. Thus with the frame extending' in its horizontal operativel position, the latch member c2 engages the bar opening dft, while when-the 'frame is moved to the upright position, as partly indicated in dotted lines in 2, the said latch member willy engage the bar opening d3, it being understood that the latch member is manually op'- erated prior' to every movement and serves to lock the bed frame in either of the positions stated.

If itis desired, the side bars F and Gr of the bed frame may each be in two parts,

and the parts permanently connected by a knuckle joint, as indicated at f2 andy.a sov that the parts may be foldedupon one .another when it is desired to raise the bed to a Vvertical position preparatory to swinging the same fromy one room to another; The

:toot portion of the bed is normally supported in operative position by side legs O, having upper siotted yokes o, o, engageable'with side trunnions projecting from the side bars F and Gr atene side of their knuckle joints f2, the said legs having angularly extendingI arms o also provided at their-upper angular ends with slotted yokes 0? which. are

likewise engageable with side trunnions projecting from the saidside bars at the zippom site sides of their said knuckle joints. Thasit will be noted that the bed frame may he readily swung to a vertical position,l as before described, and either retained in such carriage and again lowered 'to a horizontal operative position when it is desired to remove the bed from one room to anotherf. Furthermore, `it may be swung on the jour# nals c beyond a vertical position and thus reversed with respect to the position shown-- in the drawings. f -1 I claim:--

1. Inv a device of the character described,' the combination of a frame, a laterally movable support at one end of the 'frame withwhich the latter has a ymovable connection.. whereby it may swing vertically' and hori zontally, and a reversible support for the l other end of the frame.

2. The combination of a bed comprising a frame, a member with which one end of the frame has pivotal connection whereby the framemay be swung to a vertical position and reversed, and a movable support with .of the bcd 'is disposed, said 'member being further provided with a central arm, anda movable carriage with which, the said cen'- A -tral arm has va swiveled connection.

4. The combination of a bed comprising a frame, a member in='which one ,endofthe.` pf

frame is journaled,.said memberbeing profvided with a dependent arm havinga tubu-flar lower end, and a movable' carriage pro vided with an upstanding ost ufponwhichA thesaid tubular lower enr of the arm' isy movably engaged. y 5. The combination of a bed comprising. a frame, a support` atone end of the bed iin connection withiwhich the said frame mounted to swing horizontally and ve'r.ti cally, and detachable reversible supportsfor the opposite end of thebed.

DANIEL J. SPIRES;

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. J. B..HENDERS0N,

GEORGE JONES.v 

